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Old Jan 11, 2010 | 12:03 PM
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I got one if you wanna come get it

Prob cheaper to buy a gun from Radioshack.
Old Jan 11, 2010 | 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Kermdaddy,Jan 11 2010, 04:03 PM
I got one if you wanna come get it

Prob cheaper to buy a gun from Radioshack.
Old Jan 11, 2010 | 12:15 PM
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I had one, no idea where its at now though....

I would suggest some heat shrink too if you haven't planned on doing so already. Not sure how you are with installs, but I love that stuff!
Old Jan 11, 2010 | 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by s2kAtTracks,Jan 11 2010, 04:15 PM
I had one, no idea where its at now though....

I would suggest some heat shrink too if you haven't planned on doing so already. Not sure how you are with installs, but I love that stuff!
I never used solder. I would really like to learn, so this will be my project.
Old Jan 11, 2010 | 12:17 PM
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Its not very hard, just takes a few tries to get it looking nice and flat. I would suggest grabbing some old wire and practicing with that before going onto the actual harness.

Just me though.
Old Jan 11, 2010 | 12:29 PM
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yeah, practice first. it won't take long to catch on. you can get a gun for cheap cheap.
Old Jan 11, 2010 | 01:30 PM
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A gun with medium power (45w or so) would be better than a cheapy 15W jobber. I hate soldering. Ugh. I burn my fingers more than I solder! Definitely get shrink tubing. Harbor Freight has a big pack for cheap. You'll need either a hair dryer, a heat gun (preferred), or a Bic/Zippo lighter (ghetto, but works).
Old Jan 11, 2010 | 01:40 PM
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Make sure you add the heat shrink tubing before soldering the harnesses
Old Jan 11, 2010 | 01:43 PM
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I hate when that happens
Old Jan 11, 2010 | 01:44 PM
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Also depends on your solder. I'll look at home to see what kind I have. I think silver solder is a bitch to heat up.

BTW you can get some nice heat srink from Parts Express. That is where I got mine. Whole selection of sizes and colors.



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